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Re: Reference Lines on a Circular Layout

Bruce Wilson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:06:44 GMT

... Scott: Look at your drawing again. You already have a 12-inch grid on it. Tighten that up to 3 inches or so and there will be plenty of reference points

Re: Layouts in the Calgary, Kimberly region

Cal Sexsmith — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:40:02 GMT

Jan: I did indeed mean Cranbrook, don't know why I typed Vancouver! Cal Sexsmith From: ldsig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ldsig@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of

Re: Reference Lines on a Circular Layout

Roger T. — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:31:29 GMT

... I didn't write the above but it's an interesting link none the less. Cheers. Roger T. See the GER at: - http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/

Re: Reference Lines on a Circular Layout

J.J. McVeigh — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:04 GMT

... Well, there are always polar coordinates.

Re: Refernce Lines on a Circular Layout

Roger T. — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:11 GMT

One of the guys in our club brought up a great question. When you are building a totally round layout, you lose the grid lines as reference points. ... Back in

Refernce Lines on a Circular Layout

scottgperry@... — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:39:26 GMT

One of the guys in our club brought up a great question. When you are building a totally round layout, you lose the grid lines as reference points. How would

Re: Stolen items.

Michael F. Looney — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:22:24 GMT

Howard Zane had one of his brass engine turn up missing when he had people over to his house to see his layout. Now if you go there you have to leave your

Engine319 Layout

DARRYL — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:18:56 GMT

I'm close to finishing the design of my new layout. It's N scale around the room. It's drawn in XTrkCad4 and posted to the files section under Engine319

Re: yard turnout issues

Erik Olsen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:54:24 GMT

From: "Don" donm@... ... That's in my opinion the obvious first choice. Check both turnouts and wheel sets thoroughly. See

Re: yard turnout issues

Don — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:31:22 GMT

... First thing to do is to go through the entire turnout with a NMRA gauge. Multiple things could cause the derailments, including such weird things as

Re: yard turnout issues

lhj-kaj — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:02:57 GMT

Maybe you have a Kadee 'air hose' that is getting caught on the rail you cross over in the switch? I've had that happen. Loren Johnson ... From: jbturof To:

Re: yard turnout issues

Jim — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:38:33 GMT

Jeff: We'll take your word on the "flatness" of the yard. Here's two places to look. Ballast is in the flangeways of the frogs and guard rails. Ballast is

yard turnout issues

jbturof — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:36:42 GMT

I'm derailing at the turnouts in my stub yard. Built over 1/4" plywood. 7 tracks deep, about 4 feet in length. It didn't happen when I installed them, when I

Layouts in the Calgary, Kimberly region

janbouli — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:59:43 GMT

... Thank you Doug Cal had written me that the Museum was only 15 miles from where I was staying but he said Vancouver, I guess he meant this in Cranbrook.

Re: Digest (Custom Painters) Number 5736

Jedalberg@... — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:05:22 GMT

Like the recent discussion on stolen items at open houses---very unlikely to happen, examples posted notwithstanding, the incidence of a custom painter